Whew, today was a hot one! A great day for a nice refreshing glass of Lemonade Sweet Tea!
At this point of the summer down here in the South, we are either indoors enjoying the air conditioning, or outside in some kind of water. Today we headed out to the lake. The boys played hard! So hard that this is what happened on the way back to the dock. . .
Ha ha! They were wiped out! It was a fun day!
Okay, back to the recipe.
I ripped this recipe out of a Southern Living Magazine awhile back and make it very often during the hot summer months. It’s super easy, very yummy and so refreshing.
Ingredients:
3 cups water
2 family-size tea bags
1 package fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups cold water
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan. Remove from heat, add tea bags, and stir in fresh mint. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
- Discard tea bags and mint. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Pour tea into a 3-qt. container, and stir in 4 cups cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve over ice. Garnish with lemons and mint, if desired.
Serve over ice. Now sit back, relax and enjoy summertime!
- Hope you had a fantastic weekend!
Love the picture of the boys! so cute! glad you had a nice weekend. Weather was perfect here : )
Adding a can of lemondae is my favorite way to drink iced tea! Thanks for sharing this recipe…I have lots of overgrown mint I need to use and this is a good way to do it.
Adorable picture!
And can't wait to try this tea! It looks delish!
YUM! What a refreshing summer treat!
Jen, this sounds delicious. How much sugar do you use?
I just realize that I linked to (and copied) the wrong recipe! Stupid me! I'm sorry, I've updated it now. It's 1/2 cup sugar!
That tea looks fantastic and I LOVE the pic of your boys. So sweet! I think its adorable when kids wear themselves out so much they fall asleep. We are spending a month at my parent's farm right now and my little guy played so hard yesterday morning, he feel sleep on the tractor with my dad in the afternoon. So cute!
I want to make some and go sit on my deck…hoping for sun…it would go much better with the tea than the fog! Thanks for sharing (I shared this on FB!).
I think that picture is the cutest summer one I've seen this year. You MUST frame it!
What a lovely summertime drink. And look at those lil cuties all wiped out
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oh this looks good! I've never made ice tea before but I love it!
That looks amazing! I love lemonade iced tea and this version just looks perfect. I am actually going to make some tomorrow! I am a new follower
I LOVE lemonade sweet tea. Around here we call them Arnold Palmers…have you heard that before?? I'm including this great recipe rendition in my weekly edition of Blogland's Fabulous Friday Finds! I'd love it if you stopped by
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